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Opinion piece argues AI could revive Socratic dialogue in education

An opinion column contends that artificial intelligence tools could be used to bring back Socratic-style dialogue as a teaching and assessment method, contrasting it with traditional methods like term papers that emerged after the advent of libraries and printed books.

wsj.com · 2026-09-28

Ancient Text Shows Socrates Warned Writing Would Weaken Memory

A 2011 blog post revisits Plato's Phaedrus, in which Socrates retells an Egyptian myth about the god Theuth presenting King Thamus with the invention of writing. Thamus rejects Theuth's claim that letters improve memory and wisdom, arguing instead that reliance on written words would make people forgetful and only give an illusion of understanding.

wondermark.com · 2026-09-22